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Listen (2026)

14:52 min   | Language - English | Filmmaker: Taliesin Black-Brown

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About Listen

 As his mother slips away into dementia, an Alaskan sound recordist listens for what remains.

Credits

Director/Producer

Taliesin Black-Brown

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Executive Producer

Greg M. Moga III

 

Producer

Sam Davis

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Cinematographer

Mack Fisher

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Editor 

Ben Kaplan

 

Sound Design & Mix

Calvin Pia

 

Colorist

Mikey Pehanich

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Consulting Producer

Eric Forman

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Digital Strategist

Nicole C. Scott

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Film Festivals 

  • SCAD Savannah Film Festival
    SCAD Savannah Film Festival
    3 days to the event
    Sat, Oct 31
    Oct 31, 2026, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Lucas Theatre For the Arts, 32 Abercorn St, Savannah, GA 31401, USA
    Listen screens at the 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival, with director Taliesin Black-Brown in attendance.
  • SFFILM Doc Stories
    SFFILM Doc Stories
    11 days to the event
    Sat, Nov 07
    Nov 07, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
    Vogue Theatre, 3290 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
    Listen screens at SFFILM's Doc Stories, San Francisco's four-day celebration of documentary film.
  • Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival
    Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival
    Multiple Dates
    10 days to the event
    Sat, Nov 07
    Nov 07, 2026, 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM MDT
    Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 107 Tunnel Mountain Dr, Banff, AB T1L 1H5, Canada
    Listen makes its Canadian premiere at the 51st Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival.
  • DOC NYC 2026
    DOC NYC 2026
    Multiple Dates
    14 days to the event
    Wed, Nov 11
    Nov 11, 2026, 12:00 AM EST – Nov 29, 2026, 11:50 PM EST
    SHORT LIST SHORTS: LEGACIES
    Listen screens at DOC NYC as part of the festival's 2026 Short List, a showcase of the year's leading awards contenders.
  • Bainbridge Island Film Festival
    Bainbridge Island Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    18 days to the event
    Sat, Nov 14
    Nov 14, 2026, 10:45 AM – 12:45 PM
    Lynwood Theatre, 4569 Lynwood Center Rd NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
    Listen screens twice at the Bainbridge Island Film Festival, a short ferry ride from Seattle.
  • Energa CAMERIMAGE
    Energa CAMERIMAGE
    Screening November 13th. Time & Theater TBD
    Screening November 13th. Time & Theater TBD
    Toruń, Toruń, Poland
    Listen screens in the Documentary Shorts Competition at the 34th Camerimage, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, in Toruń, Poland.
  • AFI Fest
    AFI Fest
    Fri, Oct 23
    Oct 23, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    TCL Chinese Theatre, 6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, USA
    Listen screened in AFI FEST's 2026 Short Film Competition at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood and received a Special Jury Mention for Craft in the Documentary Short category.
  • Fresh Coast Film Festival
    Fresh Coast Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Oct 18
    Oct 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
    Blackrocks Brewery, 424 N 3rd St, Marquette, MI 49855, USA
    Listen joins the 10th annual Fresh Coast Film Festival, celebrating outdoor life and storytelling along the Great Lakes.
  • New Hampshire Film Festival
    New Hampshire Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Oct 18
    Oct 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden, 154 Market St, Portsmouth, NH 03801, USA
    Listen screens twice during the 24th Annual New Hampshire Film Festival in Portsmouth.
  • Jackson Doc Fest
    Jackson Doc Fest
    Sat, Oct 17
    Oct 17, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    545 Lane Ave, 545 Lane Ave, Jackson, TN 38301, USA
    Listen received the Festival Special Award at the fifth annual Jackson Doc Fest in Jackson, Tennessee, and was a finalist in the Environment (Short) category.
  • Stories Worth Telling Film Festival
    Stories Worth Telling Film Festival
    Sat, Oct 17
    Oct 17, 2026, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM MDT
    American Mountaineering Museum, 710 10th St, Golden, CO 80401, USA
    Listen screens in the Saturday Night Program at the Stories Worth Telling Festival in Golden, Colorado.
  • Santa Fe Film Festival
    Santa Fe Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Oct 16
    Oct 16, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:05 PM EDT
    Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA
    Listen screens Friday morning at the 18th Annual Santa Fe International Film Festival, an Academy Award-qualifying festival for short films.
  • BFI London Film Festival
    BFI London Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Oct 14
    Oct 14, 2026, 3:35 PM – 5:15 PM
    BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XT, UK
    Listen screens twice at the BFI London Film Festival, in the 'As the Years Roll By' strand.
  • AmDocs Sitka
    AmDocs Sitka
    Sat, Oct 10
    Oct 10, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM AKDT
    Sitka Performing Arts Center, 1000 Lake St, Sitka, AK 99835, USA
    Listen screens at the second annual AmDocs Sitka, with Hank Lentfer, the film's subject, in attendance.
  • Rich & Successful Film Festival
    Rich & Successful Film Festival
    Fri, Oct 09
    Oct 09, 2026, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM PDT
    The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood, 6712 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
    Listen screens as part of LA's Rich & Successful Film Festival at the historic Egyptian Theatre.
  • Nashville Film Festival
    Nashville Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    Mon, Sep 28
    Sep 28, 2026, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
    Regal Green Hills, 3815 Green Hills Village Dr, Nashville, TN 37215, USA
    Listen joins the 57th Nashville Film Festival's lineup of over 150 film
  • Big Eddy Film Festival
    Big Eddy Film Festival
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Sep 27
    Sep 27, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
    The Narrowsburg Union, 7 Erie Ave, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, USA
    "Listen screens twice at Big Eddy Film Festival's 'Shorts: Rural Magic' program in the historic Upper Delaware River Valley.
  • Climate Film Festival
    Climate Film Festival
    Sun, Sep 20
    Sep 20, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Regal Essex Crossing, 129 Delancey St, New York, NY 10002, USA
    Listen makes its NYC climate-cinema debut in CFF's 'Ghost Stories: Doc Shorts' program.
  • Camden International Film Festival
    Camden International Film Festival
    Thu, Sep 17
    Sep 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
    Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden, ME 04843, USA
    Listen accompanies the feature documentary Whispers in the Woods (dir. Vincent Munier, France, 2025, 93 min)
  • Victory International Film Festival
    Victory International Film Festival
    Sat, Sep 12
    Sep 12, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Victory Theatre, 600 Main St, Evansville, IN 47708, USA
    Listen screens in Evansville's historic Victory Theatre as part of the 7th Annual Victory International Film Festival

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